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User experience

Using in-app notifications to drive the adoption of new features & content

7 examples

Examples

Spotify

Spotify

In-app notifications are a unique and seamless way to present new features from your app. Here is an example from Spotify with its "Recently played" feature.
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Amazon Prime Video recently launched the Prime Video Store, its own VOD service inside the Prime Video app. They used a great in-app modal to introduce the feature and push users to explore.
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Anchor

Anchor

Here is an example with Anchor's music tool that let users include Spotify songs in their podcast episodes. Interesting fact: Spotify gets exclusivity on podcast content once you use this co-feature (Anchor is part of Spotify).
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Klarna

Klarna

See here an example with Klarna's app global rollout in November 2021: 3 successive modal windows to introduce in-app shopping, essentials & discovers sections.
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Anchor

Anchor

See here an example with Anchor Sponsorships being renamed to "Ambassador ads" and a CTA towards [Anchor's blog](https://blog.anchor.fm/updates/ads).
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Spotify

Spotify

See here Spotify's in-app campaign to promote La Casa de Papel new season and exclusive content (interviews, playlist) around this release.
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Spotify

Spotify

At the opening of the app, Spotify presents its latest feature: Spotify Blend. One screen to introduce the value of the feature, three more to show how to use it.
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